Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 30, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Manager –HTS & Facility HIV Prevention Service Delivery is a technical expert in matters pertaining to HIV testing services (HTS) and HIV prevention. She/ He provides technical leadership and oversight of all HIV testing and prevention interventions and services. This includes; keeping abreast with key advances in the area of HIV testing and prevention; translating into practice, key program, national and global priorities in HTS and HIV prevention; as well as working with and providing technical support to other project staff at supported regions, key stakeholders at national, regional and local government authorities and other partners.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Lead and oversee planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of HIV testing and prevention services and other relevant activities across all supported regions and councils.
• Oversee implementation of initiatives to address key program, donor and national priorities, including index testing, focused PITC, peer-based ART linkage, HIV self- testing, PrEP in line with national guidelines.
• Forge strong partnership with key government ministries and offices at national, regional and council level, support national efforts and provide TA to relevant ministries, RHMTs and CHMTs in planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of HIV testing and prevention services.
• Oversee needs assessment, on HIV testing and prevention services and organize efforts to address these needs; including capacity building and health system strengthening - in collaboration with the R/CHMTs.
• Oversee and ensure efficient management project expenditure and other resources as per approved work-plan and budget.
• Work with the project M&EL unit to put in place an efficient system for routine HIV testing and prevention data recording, cleaning, reporting and utilization.
• Lead efforts to robustly analyse and utilize HIV testing and prevention data to inform plans, priorities and resource allocation and write reports, best practices and lessons learned for wider dissemination.
• Lead efforts to identify gaps in HIV testing and prevention services; design and implement operational research (OR), PHE, secondary data analyses and CQI initiatives to address these gaps; and write abstracts, posters manuscripts, and policy briefs to widely disseminate findings.
• Implement robust capacity building programs, for HIV testing and prevention services; capitalizing on supportive supervision, mentorship and on-job training in line with national guidelines.
• Supervise program staff under her/him across supported regions.
• Lead efforts in writing technical program documents including project proposals, work-plans, reports, best practices, lessons learned and other relevant documents, as required by the supervisor.
• Support and advise the project leadership on all HIV testing and prevention issues and perform other relevant duties as assigned by her/his supervisor.

Requirements: Education, Work experience and Skills:
• Medical degree (MD or equivalent).
• Master’s degree Public Health or related discipline preferred.
• Minimum 8 years’ work experience in facility-based HIV services including 5 years’ experience with HIV testing services and/or prevention program planning and implementation at the national or regional level.
• Working knowledge with PEPFAR-funded HIV programs.
• Demonstrable leadership experience in public health programs and services with competencies in supervising individuals and teams to deliver intended outcomes.
• Experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), Data Analysis, Interpretation, Utilization, CQI and Operational research in the HTS and PreP.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili Languages.
• Strong computer skills (MS Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel to implementation regions a minimum of 50% of time.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested candidates for any of the above position should submit the application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the position applied for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading of the email.
Applications should be submitted to the Human Resource Director through email hr@mdh.or.tz  by 03rd June 2022.

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